Every British or naturalised British subject in New Zealand, being a man 21 years' old, can vote for the election of members of Parliament, provided he owns property worth £25, or has resided in the Colony for a year. The men who exercise this right may be paupers from the Old Men's Refuge, patients from the Hospital, bar-loungers, street-corner-loafers, old gaol-birds, habitual drunkards, or even worse; but women, however good, intelligent, and patriotic, cannot vote, merely because they are females. Women ratepayers vote here for the election of the Mayor and Borough Councillors, Licensing Committees, School Committees, and Road Boards; and in England they vote for Poor-Law Guardians, and School Boards.